{"id":14203,"date":"2022-02-07T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=14203"},"modified":"2022-02-07T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:49:01","slug":"award-winning-actor-olivia-colman-revealed-as-special-guest-supporting-place2be-and-bafta-this-childrens-mental-health-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/02\/07\/award-winning-actor-olivia-colman-revealed-as-special-guest-supporting-place2be-and-bafta-this-childrens-mental-health-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Actor Olivia Colman Revealed As Special Guest, Supporting Place2Be And BAFTA This Children\u2019s Mental Health Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BAFTA launches its Young Presenter Competition alongside the week of activity with new changes for 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the assemblies, which will go live on Monday 7 February at 8am, Olivia, who is a parent herself said: \u201cThe past few years have been challenging for everyone, so it\u2019s vital that we look after our own mental wellbeing but also find ways to support each other.  We\u2019re always growing, we just may not realise it. The most difficult growth to recognise is emotional. For Children\u2019s Mental Health Week 2022, we\u2019re encouraging everyone to explore how they have grown together and to celebrate how even through difficult times, with the right support we can all continue to grow and flourish.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of this year\u2019s Children\u2019s Mental Health Week is \u201cGrowing Together\u201d \u2013 which encourages children and young people to reflect on how much they have grown and how they can help others to grow. The assemblies focus on this theme through some simple activities that pupils can try in class or at home. As 1 in 6 children in the UK now has a diagnosable mental health condition, the backing of stars helps to shine a spotlight on the importance of supporting young people\u2019s mental health and to remove the stigma still often associated with discussing emotional challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oti Mabuse and Emma Willis took part in activities with the children and young people, encouraging discussions about emotional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oti Mabuse said: \u201cWhen I struggle with day-to-day stuff or I feel a little bit overwhelmed, I know I can always talk to my mum. Sharing is important. I think sharing emotions, sharing how we feel \u2013 whether that\u2019s good, bad, sad, up, down, happy or excited is important, we need to check in.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Willis added: \u201cWhat I\u2019ve learnt to do is reframe all of my negative thoughts, and put a positive spin on them. So when I think failure, I change it to growth. Because even if we fail, we learn, we move on from that and growth will happen<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Kia Pegg, Kit Young, and Lindsey Russell offered their own reflections on how they have grown and adapted to difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The celebrities were joined by students from Place2Be partner schools Seascape Primary in County Durham, Rosslyn Park Primary in Nottingham, Carrick Academy in South Ayrshire and Folkestone Academy in Kent. Place2Be works with over 400 primary and secondary schools across the UK, providing embedded mental health support for pupils, their families and school staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the assemblies, the students discussed their own experiences around bullying and feeling isolated, and how they have adjusted to returning to school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma Willis remarked: \u201cTo see people of your age\u2026 being open and honest and saying this is me, this is how I feel and asking for help\u2026 it\u2019s so inspiring listening to all of you today.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BAFTA is calling for entries for its annual Young Presenter competition<\/strong>, now in its seventh year, which aims to find exciting new on-screen stars and help young people develop confidence and self-esteem. New for 2022, BAFTA is looking for two winners for the following age categories: 10-14 and 15-18.  Applicants will need to create a short video on this year\u2019s Children\u2019s Mental Health Week theme – Growing Together \u2013 and submit their entries by 26 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous winners have gone on to interview A-list stars at various BAFTA events, including Tom Hiddleston and BAFTA President HRH The Duke of Cambridge, as well as presenting on popular children\u2019s television shows and at events around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place2Be CEO Catherine Roche said \u201cOur children and young people have endured so much over the past two years, but also grown in so many ways \u2013 becoming resilient and experts at adapting to ever-changing circumstances. We hope everyone tunes in on Monday, and are hugely grateful to everyone who has lent their support to our assemblie<\/em>s.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more about the assemblies please go to\u00a0childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk\/assembly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAFTA launches its Young Presenter Competition alongside the week of activity with new changes for 2022 During the assemblies, which will go live on Monday 7 February at 8am, Olivia, who is a parent herself said: \u201cThe past few years have been challenging for everyone, so it\u2019s vital that we look after our own mental… Continue reading Award-winning Actor Olivia Colman Revealed As Special Guest, Supporting Place2Be And BAFTA This Children\u2019s Mental Health Week<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}